Unresponsive Underwater Welder 

I did this for almost 40 years. Started in the Navy, First Class deep Sea Diver for 18 of my 20 then worked commercial for most of the next 20. Also a year doing underwater bridge inspections for the Florida DOT. I loved every minute. Even when it sucked, was freezing, raining, zero visibility because when you get it done in those conditions you're allowed to be proud when you tell someone you're a Deep Sea Diver.

It must be really relaxing to be the the distressed diver

I couldn’t imagine doing that in some kicked up murky ass water. These guys are some badasses for sure

Note how when he's on the bottom, the "distressed diver's" suit looks black, but once he's hoisted up to the bell you can see that it's red. The rescue diver's orange suit looks almost brown ("burnt orange" to use the art term) at depth. This is an excellent example of how water absorbs different colors/frequencies of light differently depending on depth, with red being the first to disappear. When I'm doing underwater photography, I often use a red filter on my light so that I can replace missing red light without over-exposing other colors. If I'm deep enough that all colors are being dimmed, I use an unfiltered/white light.

If they don’t move stick them with the electrode. If the wake up your good, if they don’t you have issues.

This gave me chills I was a Navy 1st class diver diving supervisor and UWSH addict, my mind went into emergency procedure mode right quick!

Man...that made my heart race. If I were younger, I'd be there.

"Dude wake up." "* wakes * uhh where am i?" "Ur sleeping at the floor under water."

I did the inland diving for a few years. Best job in the world bar none. Loved the mentality of the guys you work with in that field... intelligent, serious and responsible on site but fun loving off site.

Ahhhh yes. I remember those days. The memories i have will last a lifetime. I couldnt recommend this industry enough.

His controller battery’s died

Excellent video. One point of observation from someone who actually had a 'real world' rescue experience along these lines (diver passed out from lack of O2 in the mix), the 'pick point' that we used was a ring on the very upper back of the diver (O ring in the harness). As unconscious diver was winched up into our chamber, his limp body was somewhat streamlined which facilitated getting him through hatch and subsequent hat removal. Hopefully you all keep doing these drills as if they are real. Someday, they may be.

Last breath is a good documentary on Netflix about a sat diver getting his umbilical cord snapped from the bell due to a storm and the ship loosing it's auto thrusters to stay on location. He survived half an hour without air before they could get the ship back to him and make a rescue. He had 5 minutes worth of air on his bailout bottle. They were breathing a helium mixture so thats one thing that saved him. Definitely worth watching

That is some fine clear communication and true team work with 2 second delay and action for step by step impeccable rescue plans

This guy's cool, he can talk underwater very clearly. Clearer than the diver

that took a awful lot of time , i can't imagine being on that situation

“Please reconnect your controller”

The purpose of drills are not to see how fast you can do it, but to make sure that you don't miss one of the steps. Once you get it right, you can work on getting it done faster. With that in mind, I would say that this is a good example of how its done. Its done differently in other places, but most always dictated by company procedure. Would be a good idea to keep the standby diver dressed throughout the dive, you could possibly save a couple of minutes, especially if you have to go look for him first...

I'm watching this at 3am and have school tomorrow. WTF am I ever gonna need this for lol.

"Plug outlet valve, allow inflation. recoup on surface" I dunno, I'd try it

Please keep doing these Underwater demos... This is great stuff....Much appreciated....

RESPECT!!!!! To all who do this for a living. How often does this happen in real life diving?

Fun fact: You didn't search for this.

Forgot to add the shark attack on both divers as they were trying to reach the bell. Chomp chomp.

This video raised more money for cancer than my entire high school

POV: you thought it would be a vid someone unconscious underwater

That's pretty wild. Cool video. I hope that guy never has to use his training.

Tough line of work. I'll never complain about my job again

A video that feels longer than 5 minutes

Great job guys, that was a close one, lookin good Smith. Over and out.

Carlo is one of my favorite teachers. Great drill, stay safe out there.

I was a hard hat diver for many years and our standby diver was always ready meaning gloves on and ready to enter the water not dicking around with his tender trying to put on gloves!

I was literally just there today looking into this job and decided to look a the down sides of the jobs

Well thanks for video upload, that's way too different diving rescue in states compared to the UK or rest of the world we follow IMCA training. There is few things are not correct, 1st, after he opens his freeflow of the hat of main supply need to turn off and open his emergency supply (assume if he collapses by breathing contaminated air) 2nd rescue diver, must have 1feet safety lanyard so he can connect himself with diver chest D ring ( so the victim diver close to him and lifting the diver upright position and even rescuer can support victims diver neck to avoid neck injury and his fins or pressure gauge or any tool not get entangled during rescue which avoids delay to clear up in rescue process) 3rd rescue diver should connect man hoist on victim divers harness neck D ring (that will help victims diver stand straight upright and even rescuer can support victims diver neck to avoid neck injury) The commercial diver training in States is not updated so now ADCI and IMCA try to work together to improve the diving safety standards. www.divingtask.com

2:27 *Whats The Point Of Looking Inside?😂. He’s Unresponsive UNDER Water. Whole Purpose Is To Get Him OUT The Water 🤣*

Having to test every dive on 3f and 4f plate is the most stressful part really. If you fail the weld you just wasted 28+ days in a Sat tank. Just test anxiety but still.

I thought I would hate this, but this is surprisingly fascinating.

I can understand using this kind of procedure at depth, but anything less then 30 feet or so, a creative with an inflatable buoyancy device or a rope seems like it would be more effective. Is there a standard shallow water response?

and i thought life guard training was hard

THIS IS A DRILL I REPEAT, THIS IS A DRILL. Lol

i bet the bell has save many lives

hey that balding guy operating the radio is me XD just one thing when i did this drill and i was the distressed diver i was kicked in the groin lol all in all i really do enjoy diving and do hope to make a career off of it and i do hope this situation never happens participating in the drill was actually fun again i do hope this never happens to anyone no matter what fin i had in the drill i do not want to see this happen to anyone

Awesome! Also I recognize that shirt! "Kingdom Come"!

I have a math test tmr and here I am watching thins for something I am not going to need in my life

Thanks for taking us along Abraham, it's good to see the underwater aspect of welding and gearing up and safety safety safety :-) Great video again Weld tube.

Man i came from Canada doing structural steel to CA where there were no good paying welding jobs so stopped doing it. One day ill get near the water to learn and do this.,

This is my dream job I’m in 11th grade and I’m working on getting my osha 10 certification and my dream is to become an underwater welder or a nuclear welder for the Navy!

That’s scary af. Like that took a long time to get him up!

Very reassuring. Good job.

There is way more to a dive rescue than i had imagined..

These guys are astronauts waiting for a spaceship

I saw the thumb nail and was like wait I know that tank. UDT-386

That seems like a really long process

Should of just done a Sub-zero "get over heree!"

Interesting recommendation. 🤔

Great channel I’m glad I came across this page

Wow I wouldn’t expect him to be wearing athletic shoes

Welcome to a video you didn’t search for.

Rescues not complete till feet are dry and divers in medical care.

wow great video!

His eyes were open!!

I heard these guys make absolute BANK

This might actually be useful to me

wow the distressed diver was able to change dive suit while being rescued from dark blue to red!

This is so interesting . I would love to someday dive !

I thought the title meant the machine, not the person that operates it.

His just popped up in my recommended oh well I’ll watch it

Just hallucinating dont worry bout him

Don't understand why the rescue diver isn't just attached to a hoist from the surface so he can just locate the distressed diver. Hook the the diver to him then just give the call to get lifted out together. Makes more sense to me.🤷

Hey, you You’re finally awake

I am no diver but retired FD. It seems to me if there were more secure lift rings on the suit around the upper torso and, a power winch higher up in the bell capable of lifting a heavy load, this procedure could be made easier and faster. We all know seconds matter in any rescue situation. Under water where there is no way to administer CPR etc. seconds turn into minutes upping mortality rate 100 fold.

Do you still have to do those super long ascents when you’ve got that giant metal helmet?

Is there a way to imitate or replicate the pressure in which the diver is currently in? Wouldn't raising him up to surface kill him should the depth be very deep?

He did the nate robinson challenge

I am having anxiety just watching this!

Hell yeah T.O.C great school great instructors . Graduated UDT412

I’m guessing that was a simulation

Imagine being a damn good welder and you take this job for the money. 5 minutes into rescue, Man... I sure wish I was welding right now. When did I become rescue?

Florida has the best diving school for welders.

I am from the Philippines, I graduated in 2015 as a SMAW at the brilliant gem technical school here in the Philippines, we did a lot of training, to get the NC2 diploma but when we finished getting our diploma, it was difficult to get a job because many workers in the philippines and many in line, so until now I am still looking for a job. I want to go abroad.

Rescue lyniard was suppose to be the first thing to be attached

There is so much wrong with the way they are saving the diver.. How can you not even keep his airways free?? You just pull him up or just start climbing over him.. Here in Europe you have to hold him completely vertical, head a bit tilted over and blow up your drysuit a bit so you get buoyant. make sure you have full control over both drysuits and leave bottom..

I remember seeing a video where they used self shield fluxcored underwater, does this facility do that weld procedure? Or am i just crazy talking? 😁

5 minutes to the bell , thats why i quit diving. Incompetent runs rampid in the industry

How could this happen jeez scary

The best advice from a diver too another is "exhale". No table 6a here.

Awesome content :)

delta p brought me here

Rescue or body recovery? That took forever!!!!!!!!

Can you please explain to the lay person, through illustration, what happened to the divers who died I. Trinidad and Tobago in Feb 2022? Was it a case of negligence? Or did the company err on the side of safety? Meaning did they try to stop others from dying. Were the lines too Short??

There got to be a better method, like if you could put two pieces together to encapsulate the past out diver in a a tank then drain the water with a pump It’s was awesome the the neck gets bounced around

nice video . What certification does this school give? ADC.. DCBC or the European Cert?

this looks a very dangerous job. if hes stopped breathing hes braindamaged by the time they get him out of the water

Meanwhile old mate is dead

That took way too long! Diver 2's safety is paramount, but the standby should not take that long

He is long dead before he has access to oxygen haha

In murky water this becomes an impossible mess i assume

I feel like there is a better way to do this

If it’s been five minutes only one thing you can do. Check his pockets for spare change.

That was bad ass!